TN: 2008 Kobalt Cabernet Sauvignon (USA, California, Napa Valley)

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  • 2008 Kobalt Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley (12/25/2019)
    Still dark ad midnight. Nose shows well rounded cool cassis. This is fully resolved and probably in the best spot it will ever be. Creamy and dense but pure and intense, this has notes of black currant, lead pencil shavings and cardamom. Balance is spot on. I am not sure I would have expected this from this particular wine of this particular era. Just beautiful. I mentioned at the time that THIS is exactly why we put these type of wines into our cellars for 10 years. Not elegance but strength resolved. (93 pts.)

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Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas to you too!

And that’s a blast from the past. Haven’t heard about them for years. They’re showing up at Total Wine these days. By coincidence, we had a 2008 Napa last night too. Great minds. . .

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I believe this was mostly made up of Moulds Family Vineyard. Kobalt of the mid-2000s is one of the wines that influenced my winemaking style and a prime reason I wanted into Moulds. The inky black color of that wine and my wines is all the Moulds influence.